Category Archives: ALDE

Liberal and Democrat MEPs, Hans van Baalen (VVD, The Netherlands) and Petras Auštrevičius (Liberal’s Movement of Lithuania) have written an open letter to support the Dutch, Australian, Belgian, Malaysian and Ukrainian governments’ request for an International Criminal Tribunal to bring those responsible for the downing of flight MH17 to justice.

The agreement reached this morning in Skopje between the four main political parties puts an end to the political crisis Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia was facing. The political deal includes among other issues the return to Parlia…

The ALDE Group regrets that the report on the proposal for a directive on an EU PNR, which was voted this afternoon in the Civil liberties committee, does not contain a good balance between security and privacy.

The European Parliament today debated the future of EU – Cuba relations with the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, following the recent meetings of Ms Mogherini in Havana and a change in US policy towards the island.

ALDE Group’s Vice-Presidents, Pavel Telicka and Fernando Maura, have called on the EU to bear in mind the political prisoners jailed by the regime and all those who had their human rights breached by the Cuban authorities, before any further steps are taken in negotiations with Havana.

A strong compromise between the main groups of the European Parliament has allowed MEPs to today adopt a report on long term shareholders engagement, a text that aims to contribute to long-term shareholder engagement. The Alliance of Libe…

The European Parliament today adopted an interim report on TTIP, after many weeks of delays due to divisions within the Socialist Group in the European Parliament. Liberals and Democrats welcome the text of this intensive stocktaking reso…

ALDE MEPs have today urged the European Commission, via a written parliamentary question, to react to new legislation on asylum rules that was yesterday approved by the Hungarian Parliament. The National Assembly backed a package of amen…